Mari-Linn School

Mari-Linn School is an elementary school of small scale in Lyons, Oregon, part of North Santiam SD 29J, educateing 158 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Mari-Linn School sits 51% leaner than that benchmark.

Within North Santiam SD 29J, which oversees 6 schools and 2,110 students, Mari-Linn School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Mari-Linn School shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 6% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Mari-Linn School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at Mari-Linn School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Linn County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mari-Linn School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 37.3%; actual is 22.0%, a gap of -15.3 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Linn County put median household earnings sit near $76,329, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Linn County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students), Mari-Linn School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lourdes School, roughly 5.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mari-Linn School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 32.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Mari-Linn School's enrollment has ticked down 28% since 2018, when it stood at 218 (now 158). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.